A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1283

Cordy lay in bed, waiting for John.

He eventually emerged from the bathroom, absent-mindedly drying his hair as he changed into fresh pajamas.

He appeared surprised to find Cordy in bed. "Going to sleep too?"

"Can't I?"

"No,’' he quickly said. "I mean, you'd have trouble sleeping at the hospital while taking care of your grandfather."

Cordy pursed her lips-that certainly was not the case.

In private hospitals, one could enjoy the hospitality usually expected from five-star hotels. With people at your beck and call, it certainly did not dull in comparison to one.

Still, John did not seem to notice Cordy's feelings as he pulled up the blanket and got into bed.

suit after he did

a day when he was alone in the same room with Cordy, and he handily pulled her

her firmly, he started

Cordy's heart racing.

if there was some unknown force at work stopping them from consummating even though they were legally

while,

be desperate, and she remembered that he could not sleep the

not moving at all, and she could not feel his body stiffening, let alone show

turned to find him sound asleep, his breathing

staring in disbelief-he actually fell asleep and

her chest and was left tossing and turning,

not help twitching a little just

his weight, making her uncomfortable, so he moved aside-which left Cordy bristling! She was teasing him, only for

circles under his

little pained and she took a deep breath to calm